The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-05-07
FARM CHAT.

FARM CHAT.
The crowding of fowls into q contracted
space sadly interferes with the profits OF
the poultry house.
DEEP or shallow blowing should be reg
ulated by the depth of the soil and the
character of the subsoil.
AN excess of animal matter in the soil
promotes the growth of wood at the ex'
pense of fruit production.
GINGER growing is being experimental
on in the "Gulf States" It is expected it
will prove u profitable crop.
Coal ashes that have been under cover,
banked against fruit trees, will interfere
with the depredations of the borer.
AwAsH of strong copperas solution ia
recommended by farmer as frst-class
eradicator of warts from cows or horses.
MICHIGAN ships railroad ties to New
Mexico. They cost upon their arrival at
their destination one dollar and arhalf each.
MOST all farmers can afford to expert
ment in measure. Experiments IN many
instances have led to the establishment OF
useful rules.
PURE ground bone ranks high as fer.
til1zer, but it must first be decomposed to
adapt it to the use of plants. Superphos.
plate of lime is recommended where imme-
date effects are required.
A CHEAP and durable paint for the barn
or shed is made of one-third linseed oil,
one-third rain water, one-third soft-soap
and mix with these yellow ochre sufficient
to make the proper consistency.
COMPETENT authority says tits erroneous
to suppose that horse ten years old is
afflicted with wolf teeth. The trouble may
be uneven teeth, which can be rasped of,
but wolf teeth appear in horses between
the first and fifth year only.
A FARMING horseman says: 'Lampas is
q swelling Of the upper bar Of the palate.
Touch the bar very lightly with sharp
knife in different parts, and wet with
alum, half an ounce, refined sugar, half an
ounce, mixed, with a little honey. Rub
twice day."
SHEEP prefer short blue grass to clover
pasture, but for change of diet will often
eat many kinds of weeds and useless herb
age Sound, wholesome food should alone
be fed if heavy fleece is expected. The
blue grass abounds in wool producing quail
tiles, therefore it should form a large por-
ton of the food.
To REMOVE any unpleasant taste from
new wooden vessels scald them thorough
ly several times in boiling water, then dis
solve some pearlash or soda in lukewarm
water, adding little lime to it, and wash
the inside of the vessel we'll in the solu-
ton. Afterwards scald them several times
thoroughly as before.
THE reason poultry killed at home,
though young, is not as tender as that
bought at the market is that the former is
generally not killed until wanted, and
when eaten is still rigid with death, while
that bought at the poulterer's has been
killed at least hours-more often days.
Poultry ought to be killed several days be
fore being eaten, dressed at once, and witt
q few bits of charcoal in it, hung in cool
place.
TIN symptoms Of disease in sheep occa-
stoned by unwholesome food or indigestion
are: Foaming at the mouth, moping and
sleepiness or stupor, shaking Of the head
and convulsive motion Of the jaws which are
all Indications of some injurious action upon
the stomach and the brain. The remedy
for the trouble is to give half cupful Of
castor oil, followed in an hour by as much
strong, hot coffee, repeated every half
hour.
FoR horse which IL weak in tho knees
rub the limbs briskly with wooden cloth,
then bath with salt and water, wipe dry
and apply mixture of one pint Of alcohol
and one dram of tincture of Spanish fly,
rubbing in a tablespoonful twice day with
the hand. Let the horse run in q loose
stall, deeply Uttered with sawdust or dry
swamp muck, or on an earth floor. Skunk's
oil, beef brine, and other trash Of the kind
are useless.
IT IS bad practice to poultioe wounds. as
it prevents healing and tends to cause
sloughing of the tissues. Follow this
treatment: Dissolve ten grains of nitrate
of silver in two ounces of water and spray
this over the wound with a syringe and
rose nozzle. Then cover the WOUNDS with
lint dipped in tincture of myrrh and aloes
and cover with a bandage If it is possible
to do so. Give the horse one ounce of
of soda daily and let it have
moderate exercise.
IT is not easy to tell the cause Of any
particular action Of fowls, and especially
why they should pull and eat each others
feathers. 1t is supposed that want of
animal food impels them to do this, and a
raw liver has been given to them with
good results. The want of sulphur has al
so been given as cause of this feather
eating, and little sulphur in the water
has been recommended. Fowls need con-
siderable animal food and grain alone is
not sufficient.
II your horse has rheumatism, give him
twenty drops of tincture of aconite root
every four hours until five or six doses
have been taken. After this, take of BIZ
of soda, four ounces; sulphur,
eight ounces; powdered saltpeter, eight
ounces. Mix and divide into powders and
give one twice day. The horse must be
kept in comfortable stall, we'll blanketed,
and rub the affected parts with oil Of tur-
pentine, one ounce; laudanum, one ounce;
soap liniment, one ounce; tincture of cap
sicum, one dram.
PERSISTENT diarrhea, cough, rapid
breathing, and loss Of flesh, although the
appetite is ravenous are all indications of
The milk is blue and thin,
and is decidedly unwholesome, as it is
tainted with the poison of the disease.
There is no remedy, and as the flesh is not
fit for food the animal should not be sold
even to the sausage makers, who gladly
pick up such animals for very little, but
should be killed and buried. The skin
NAV ha saved hit its thinness greatly re.